Matchday

Premiership 25/26 · 1 Mar 2026

Rangers 2–2 Celtic

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Feb 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.8 – 1.5
Actual xG
1.5 – 2.2
Goals
2 – 2

Footybot made Rangers favourites at 45%.

Celtic deserved more from the draw, creating 2.2 xG to 1.5.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Dane Murray, 75.0 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Reo Hatate +36.5, Dane Murray +20.2, Youssef Chermiti +16.5.

Well below it: John Souttar −14.3, Nicolas Raskin −14.1, Viljami Sinisalo −13.4.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Rangers

22 Feb 2026D 2–2at Livingston Scottish Premiership
15 Feb 2026W 4–2v Heart of Midlothian Scottish Premiership
11 Feb 2026D 1–1at Motherwell Scottish Premiership
4 Feb 2026W 5–1v Kilmarnock Scottish Premiership
1 Feb 2026D 0–0at Hibernian Scottish Premiership

Celtic

26 Feb 2026W 1–0at VfB Stuttgart Europa League
22 Feb 2026L 1–2v Hibernian Scottish Premiership
19 Feb 2026L 1–4v VfB Stuttgart Europa League
15 Feb 2026W 3–2at Kilmarnock Scottish Premiership
11 Feb 2026W 2–1v Livingston Scottish Premiership

Head to head

3 Jan 2026Celtic 1–3 Rangers Scottish Premiership
31 Aug 2025Rangers 0–0 Celtic Scottish Premiership

Rangers

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Youssef Chermiti Forward90200.7962.8+16.5
Jack Butland Goalkeeper9000–50.9−2.1
Andreas Skov Olsen Midfielder74010.0645.1+0.9
Dujon Sterling Defender9000–43.7−1.8
Mohammed Diomande Midfielder26000.0843.2–
Emmanuel Fernandez Defender90000.1242.7−7.6
Tuur Rommens Defender90000.3242.0−7.4
Mikey Moore Forward90000.0740.7−3.9
Ryan Don Naderi Forward6400–40.3–
Tochi Chukwuani Midfielder9000–36.8−5.3
John Souttar Defender90000.0536.3−14.3
Nicolas Raskin Midfielder90000.0232.8−14.1
Djeidi Gassama Midfielder1600–13.4–

Celtic

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
James Forrest Midfielder1100–100.0–
Dane Murray Defender90000.1275.0+20.2
Reo Hatate Midfielder45101.1673.8+36.5
Liam Scales Defender9000–61.9+9.6
Sebastian Tounekti Forward45000.0355.2+10.5
Benjamin Nygren Forward85010.1954.0+3.1
Kieran Tierney Defender74100.1648.7+8.1
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Midfielder4500–42.2–
Callum McGregor Midfielder9000–41.1−5.1
Daizen Maeda Forward90000.4039.8+0.1
Julián Araujo Defender90000.0239.5+2.3
Junior Adamu Forward4500–39.4−7.4
Viljami Sinisalo Goalkeeper9000–38.4−13.4
Marcelo Saracchi Defender1600–35.7–
Yang Hyun-Jun Midfielder7400–33.3−9.3
Luke McCowan Midfielder16000.1729.6–